<h6><strong>The Diplomat</strong></h6> <h4><strong>Spain will host the third global summit on the Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain (REAIM) on February 4 and 5, 2026, in coordination with the governments of the Netherlands and the Republic of Korea.</strong></h4> The third REAM summit will take place in A Coruña and will bring together foreign and defense ministers and representatives from governments, regional and international organizations, industry, academia, and civil society. In preparing for the summit, Spain will build upon the progress made at the previous summits in The Hague and Seoul, as reflected in the Call to Action and Blueprint for Action documents. The event will be organized by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense and the A Coruña City Council, with support from the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Administration through the Spanish Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence (AESIA). The REAIM initiative promotes the exchange of ideas among governments, regional and international organizations, industry, academia, and civil society to foster the responsible use of artificial intelligence in the military sphere. Since the first REAIM summit, held in The Hague in February 2023, there have been significant technological advancements and increasingly widespread use of artificial intelligence on the battlefield. Currently, a growing number of states are developing national guidelines and principles for the use of artificial intelligence in the military to address the challenges and leverage the opportunities this technology offers. “The third REAIM summit will take place at a time when artificial intelligence has moved beyond being a technology of the future and is becoming an increasingly present reality in all aspects of human activity, with particular relevance in the military sphere,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a press release. “Spain is firmly committed to international efforts for the responsible use of this technology; therefore, the objective of this summit in A Coruña is to move towards realistic, concrete and progressive measures that will allow the principles of the responsible use of artificial intelligence in the military environment to be operational,” it added.
